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Textbook Costs Open Educational Resources Our Program
Teaching Calculus II with No-Cost-to-Students CourseMaterials
Lake Ritter
Kennesaw State University
≈ π, 2015
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Teaching Calculus II with No-Cost-to-Students Course Materials
Textbook Costs Open Educational Resources Our Program
Outline
1 Textbook Costs
2 Open Educational ResourcesOER OrganizationsEvaluation of OERQuality Tested Math Texts
3 Our ProgramALG and Program DescriptionInitial Impressions
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Teaching Calculus II with No-Cost-to-Students Course Materials
Textbook Costs Open Educational Resources Our Program
Textbook Costs
The US student loan debt hit $1.2 trillion in 2013—about $1 trillion of that infederal loans. With state and federal cuts to post-secondary education funding,the burden falls on the students in the form of rising tuition and fees.
A Goverment Accountability Office (GAO) Report to Congressional Committeeestimates an
89% increase in college tuition & fees since 2002, and an
82% increase in college texts since 2002
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Teaching Calculus II with No-Cost-to-Students Course Materials
Textbook Costs Open Educational Resources Our Program
Textbook Costs
Estimated Increases in New College Textbook Prices, College Tuition and Fees, andOverall Consumer Prince Inflation, 2002–2012 (adapted fromhttp://www.gao.gov/assets/660/655066.pdf)
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Teaching Calculus II with No-Cost-to-Students Course Materials
Textbook Costs Open Educational Resources Our Program
Some Interesting Stats on the Subject
Course materials cost students about $1200 annually (The College Board1)
Textbook prices rise about 6% annually. (GAO report 20132)
About 30% of students report not buying required text in 2013. (Luminafoundation3)
94% of students who do not buy a text report concern it will affect theirgrade (Student PIRGs4)
1http://trends.collegeboard.org/college-pricing2http://www.gao.gov/assets/660/655066.pdf3http://www.luminafoundation.org/publications/Turning the page.pdf4http://www.studentpirgs.org/media/sp/cost-college-textbooks-out-control-group-
[email protected] Kennesaw State University
Teaching Calculus II with No-Cost-to-Students Course Materials
Textbook Costs Open Educational Resources Our Program
Some Interesting Stats on the Subject
Course materials cost students about $1200 annually (The College Board1)
Textbook prices rise about 6% annually. (GAO report 20132)
About 30% of students report not buying required text in 2013. (Luminafoundation3)
94% of students who do not buy a text report concern it will affect theirgrade (Student PIRGs4)
1http://trends.collegeboard.org/college-pricing2http://www.gao.gov/assets/660/655066.pdf3http://www.luminafoundation.org/publications/Turning the page.pdf4http://www.studentpirgs.org/media/sp/cost-college-textbooks-out-control-group-
[email protected] Kennesaw State University
Teaching Calculus II with No-Cost-to-Students Course Materials
Textbook Costs Open Educational Resources Our Program
Some Interesting Stats on the Subject
Course materials cost students about $1200 annually (The College Board1)
Textbook prices rise about 6% annually. (GAO report 20132)
About 30% of students report not buying required text in 2013. (Luminafoundation3)
94% of students who do not buy a text report concern it will affect theirgrade (Student PIRGs4)
1http://trends.collegeboard.org/college-pricing2http://www.gao.gov/assets/660/655066.pdf3http://www.luminafoundation.org/publications/Turning the page.pdf4http://www.studentpirgs.org/media/sp/cost-college-textbooks-out-control-group-
[email protected] Kennesaw State University
Teaching Calculus II with No-Cost-to-Students Course Materials
Textbook Costs Open Educational Resources Our Program
Some Interesting Stats on the Subject
Course materials cost students about $1200 annually (The College Board1)
Textbook prices rise about 6% annually. (GAO report 20132)
About 30% of students report not buying required text in 2013. (Luminafoundation3)
94% of students who do not buy a text report concern it will affect theirgrade (Student PIRGs4)
1http://trends.collegeboard.org/college-pricing2http://www.gao.gov/assets/660/655066.pdf3http://www.luminafoundation.org/publications/Turning the page.pdf4http://www.studentpirgs.org/media/sp/cost-college-textbooks-out-control-group-
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Teaching Calculus II with No-Cost-to-Students Course Materials
Textbook Costs Open Educational Resources Our Program
Calculus Course Materials
Used books, e-books, and rentals provide students with lower costoptions. Popular Calculus course materials still vary widely in price.
Stewart Calculus 7e
On Campus: New $267.50, Used $180.00
On web: $59.49–$239.48
Rental: $40.00–$89.49
WebAssign: Bundle $145.49–$330.68, Code only $34.67–$111.57
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Teaching Calculus II with No-Cost-to-Students Course Materials
Textbook Costs Open Educational Resources Our Program
Calculus Course Materials
Used books, e-books, and rentals provide students with lower costoptions. Popular Calculus course materials still vary widely in price.
Calculus: Early TranscendentalsSullivan & Miranda
On Campus: ???
On web: $65.99–$175.74
Rental: $34.95–$96.99
Calcportal(?): $88.75
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Teaching Calculus II with No-Cost-to-Students Course Materials
Textbook Costs Open Educational Resources Our Program
Calculus Course Materials
Used books, e-books, and rentals provide students with lower costoptions. Popular Calculus course materials still vary widely in price.
Thomas’ Calculus 13th ed
On web: New $156.00–$388.22, Used $124.01–$281.32
Rental: $49.73
MyMathLab: $23.91–$300.35
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Teaching Calculus II with No-Cost-to-Students Course Materials
Textbook Costs Open Educational Resources Our Program
Calculus Course Materials
Used books, e-books, and rentals provide students with lower costoptions. Popular Calculus course materials still vary widely in price.
Thomas’ Calculus 13th ed
On web: New $156.00–$388.22, Used $124.01–$281.32
Rental: $49.73
MyMathLab: $23.91–$300.35
Open Educational Resources can provide a low-to-no cost alternative to part or allof the required materials.
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Teaching Calculus II with No-Cost-to-Students Course Materials
Textbook Costs Open Educational Resources Our Program
Open Educational Resources OER
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation defines OER as follows:
OER are teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the publicdomain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permitstheir free use and re-purposing by others. Open educational resources include fullcourses, course materials, modules, textbooks, streaming videos, tests, software,and any other tools, materials, or techniques used to support access to knowledge.
Common open license types include GNU Free Documentation (softwaredocumentation) and Creative Common (almost anything).
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Teaching Calculus II with No-Cost-to-Students Course Materials
Textbook Costs Open Educational Resources Our Program
OER Organizations
OER: Coordination
A variety of OER collaborations have been established to serve as resourceclearing houses and to propose evaluation standards.
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Teaching Calculus II with No-Cost-to-Students Course Materials
Textbook Costs Open Educational Resources Our Program
OER Organizations
OER: Coordination
A variety of OER collaborations have been established to serve as resourceclearing houses and to propose evaluation standards.
BCcampus: Created to serve the post-secondary public institutions ofBritish Columbia. They link to various texts and offer guide lines forevaluation of materials. http://bccampus.ca/
UMN Open Textbook Library: Offers a searchable library of open texts aswell as a mechanism for review of open texts. http://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/
MERLOT Offers a collection of OER, content building tools, individual andcampus subscriptions, and partnerships. http://www.merlot.org/
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Teaching Calculus II with No-Cost-to-Students Course Materials
Textbook Costs Open Educational Resources Our Program
OER Organizations
OER: Coordination
A variety of OER collaborations have been established to serve as resourceclearing houses and to propose evaluation standards.
BCcampus: Created to serve the post-secondary public institutions ofBritish Columbia. They link to various texts and offer guide lines forevaluation of materials. http://bccampus.ca/
UMN Open Textbook Library: Offers a searchable library of open texts aswell as a mechanism for review of open texts. http://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/
MERLOT Offers a collection of OER, content building tools, individual andcampus subscriptions, and partnerships. http://www.merlot.org/
[email protected] Kennesaw State University
Teaching Calculus II with No-Cost-to-Students Course Materials
Textbook Costs Open Educational Resources Our Program
OER Organizations
OER: Coordination
A variety of OER collaborations have been established to serve as resourceclearing houses and to propose evaluation standards.
BCcampus: Created to serve the post-secondary public institutions ofBritish Columbia. They link to various texts and offer guide lines forevaluation of materials. http://bccampus.ca/
UMN Open Textbook Library: Offers a searchable library of open texts aswell as a mechanism for review of open texts. http://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/
MERLOT Offers a collection of OER, content building tools, individual andcampus subscriptions, and partnerships. http://www.merlot.org/
[email protected] Kennesaw State University
Teaching Calculus II with No-Cost-to-Students Course Materials
Textbook Costs Open Educational Resources Our Program
OER Organizations
OER: Coordination
A variety of OER collaborations have been established to serve as resourceclearing houses and to propose evaluation standards.
OpenStax College: Offers a variety of free college level text books. Themathematics offerings are currently limited, but the library is increasing withPrecalculus added in February 2015. Allows for creation and modification ofcontent in OpenStax CNXTMwith free account. http://openstax.org/
Community College Consortium for OER: Hosts a library of 750+ openaccess texts. Provides materials on introducing OER to campuses, assessingneeds, training tools, and review guidelines. http://oerconsortium.org/
[email protected] Kennesaw State University
Teaching Calculus II with No-Cost-to-Students Course Materials
Textbook Costs Open Educational Resources Our Program
OER Organizations
OER: Coordination
A variety of OER collaborations have been established to serve as resourceclearing houses and to propose evaluation standards.
OpenStax College: Offers a variety of free college level text books. Themathematics offerings are currently limited, but the library is increasing withPrecalculus added in February 2015. Allows for creation and modification ofcontent in OpenStax CNXTMwith free account. http://openstax.org/
Community College Consortium for OER: Hosts a library of 750+ openaccess texts. Provides materials on introducing OER to campuses, assessingneeds, training tools, and review guidelines. http://oerconsortium.org/
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Teaching Calculus II with No-Cost-to-Students Course Materials
Textbook Costs Open Educational Resources Our Program
Evaluation of OER
Assessment of OER
OER organizations have begun to suggest criteria for peer/editorial review whenconsidering or creating open access materials for implementation. TheCommunity College Consortium has suggested a number of review criteria5:
Clarity, Comprehensibility, and Readability
Authorship, Content Accuracy & Appropriateness
Adaptability, Modularity
Availability, Sustainability
Accessibility
5adapted from the CCCOER website and ALG presentation on Evaluating [email protected] Kennesaw State University
Teaching Calculus II with No-Cost-to-Students Course Materials
Textbook Costs Open Educational Resources Our Program
Evaluation of OER
Assessment of OER
OER organizations have begun to suggest criteria for peer/editorial review whenconsidering or creating open access materials for implementation. TheCommunity College Consortium has suggested a number of review criteria5:
Clarity, Comprehensibility, and Readability
Authorship, Content Accuracy & Appropriateness
Adaptability, Modularity
Availability, Sustainability
Accessibility
5adapted from the CCCOER website and ALG presentation on Evaluating [email protected] Kennesaw State University
Teaching Calculus II with No-Cost-to-Students Course Materials
Textbook Costs Open Educational Resources Our Program
Evaluation of OER
Assessment of OER
OER organizations have begun to suggest criteria for peer/editorial review whenconsidering or creating open access materials for implementation. TheCommunity College Consortium has suggested a number of review criteria5:
Clarity, Comprehensibility, and Readability
Authorship, Content Accuracy & Appropriateness
Adaptability, Modularity
Availability, Sustainability
Accessibility
5adapted from the CCCOER website and ALG presentation on Evaluating [email protected] Kennesaw State University
Teaching Calculus II with No-Cost-to-Students Course Materials
Textbook Costs Open Educational Resources Our Program
Evaluation of OER
Assessment of OERAccessibility
Accessibility considerations may vary when creating open access materials for useoutside of a single class—i.e. for distribution outside of a closed LearningManagement System.
Is web content third-party reading application friendly?
Do web images have alternate text embedded?
Does video content have accurate closed-caption?
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Quality Tested Math Texts
OER: American Institute of Mathematics
The AIM offers a seal of approval for texts that may serve as the primary text fora semester long mathematics course.
http://aimath.org/
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Teaching Calculus II with No-Cost-to-Students Course Materials
Textbook Costs Open Educational Resources Our Program
Quality Tested Math Texts
OER: American Institute of Mathematics
The AIM offers a seal of approval for texts that may serve as the primary text fora semester long mathematics course.
According to the AIM evaluation criteria, approved texts should be
mathematically sound,
written in standard English, proofread and edited,
have exercises (preferably with some solutions),
be class-tested by faculty other than the author
http://aimath.org/
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Teaching Calculus II with No-Cost-to-Students Course Materials
Textbook Costs Open Educational Resources Our Program
Quality Tested Math Texts
OER: American Institute of Mathematics
The AIM offers a seal of approval for texts that may serve as the primary text fora semester long mathematics course.
AIM approved math texts are available for a wide variety of courses including
Liberal Arts Mathematics
PreCalculus, Calculus, and Diff. Eqs.
Linear Algebra, Abstract Algebra, and Number Theory
Introduction to Proof, Real Analysis, Complex Analysis
Discrete Structures, Combinatorics, Probability
http://aimath.org/
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Quality Tested Math Texts
Some AIM approved Calculus Texts
Whitman Calculusby David Guichard and Friends
Whitman Calculus: Late Transcendentals
available for a complete Calculus I, II, and III sequence (single &multi-variable)
comes in both Early and Late transcendental versions
easily navigable html as well as pdf versions are available
coordinated WebWork files are available (collected by Albert Schueller)
a printed version may be purchased (through Lulu) for about $10
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Teaching Calculus II with No-Cost-to-Students Course Materials
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Quality Tested Math Texts
Some AIM approved Calculus Texts
Whitman Calculusby David Guichard and Friends
Whitman Calculus: Late Transcendentals
available for a complete Calculus I, II, and III sequence (single &multi-variable)
comes in both Early and Late transcendental versions
easily navigable html as well as pdf versions are available
coordinated WebWork files are available (collected by Albert Schueller)
a printed version may be purchased (through Lulu) for about $10
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Teaching Calculus II with No-Cost-to-Students Course Materials
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Quality Tested Math Texts
Some AIM approved Calculus Texts
APEX Calculusby Gregory Hartman, Brian Heinold, Troy Siemers, & Dimplekumar Chalishajar
APEX Calculus version 2.0
collection of three texts for Calculus I, II and III
an early transcendental text
in navigable pdf format with bookmark links throughout
classic textbook format with selected solutions (mostly odd) at the end
each text available for purchase (through Amazon.com) at about $10 per
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Teaching Calculus II with No-Cost-to-Students Course Materials
Textbook Costs Open Educational Resources Our Program
Quality Tested Math Texts
Some AIM approved Calculus Texts
APEX Calculusby Gregory Hartman, Brian Heinold, Troy Siemers, & Dimplekumar Chalishajar
APEX Calculus version 2.0
collection of three texts for Calculus I, II and III
an early transcendental text
in navigable pdf format with bookmark links throughout
classic textbook format with selected solutions (mostly odd) at the end
each text available for purchase (through Amazon.com) at about $10 per
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Teaching Calculus II with No-Cost-to-Students Course Materials
Textbook Costs Open Educational Resources Our Program
Quality Tested Math Texts
Some AIM approved Calculus Texts
Active Calculusby Matt Boelkins,David Austin, & Steven Schlicker
Active Calculus
covers a traditional two semester sequence Calculus I and II
an early transcendental text
an activity driven approach with few traditional problem sets
in navigable pdf format (whole book or individual chapters)
can be purchased in print for about $5 in the US (e.g. through Amazon.com)
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Teaching Calculus II with No-Cost-to-Students Course Materials
Textbook Costs Open Educational Resources Our Program
Quality Tested Math Texts
Some AIM approved Calculus Texts
Active Calculusby Matt Boelkins,David Austin, & Steven Schlicker
Active Calculus
covers a traditional two semester sequence Calculus I and II
an early transcendental text
an activity driven approach with few traditional problem sets
in navigable pdf format (whole book or individual chapters)
can be purchased in print for about $5 in the US (e.g. through Amazon.com)
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Teaching Calculus II with No-Cost-to-Students Course Materials
Textbook Costs Open Educational Resources Our Program
Quality Tested Math Texts
Some AIM approved Calculus Texts
Calculusby Gilbert Strang
Calculus, Strang
This is a scanned version of the 1991 text. Instructor resources and a study guideare available on the MITOpenCourseware site.
Vector Calculusby Michael Corral
Vector Calculus
This is a Calculus III text available in navigable pdf format. It can be purchased inprint version for about $11 through [email protected] Kennesaw State University
Teaching Calculus II with No-Cost-to-Students Course Materials
Textbook Costs Open Educational Resources Our Program
ALG and Program Description
Affordable Learning Georgia (ALG)
ALG is a USG initiative launched in 2013 to promote student success by providingaffordable textbook alternatives.
ALG offers information on adoption, adaptation, and creation of OER, trainingand tools for finding low/no cost alternatives, and funding for programs totransform existing courses.
The current project received funding under the Textbook Transformation Grantprogram
No-Cost-to-Students Learning Materials and Course Pack Pilots
Affordable Learning Georgia
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Teaching Calculus II with No-Cost-to-Students Course Materials
Textbook Costs Open Educational Resources Our Program
ALG and Program Description
No-Cost-to-Students Calculus II Pilot at KSU-Marietta
Lake Ritter & Shangrong Deng
each teaching two sections of Calculus II in spring 2015, one with traditionalStewart 7th edition, and one with an open access text combining WhitmanCalculus and APEX Calculus. (Students were informed prior to enrollmentvia the online schedule that two sections would not be using a purchasedtextbook.)
conducting surveys from participating students on (1) general textbook useand attitudes and (2) experience with the open access version.
We will analyze student performance based on common embedded examquestions as well as DFW rates.
[email protected] Kennesaw State University
Teaching Calculus II with No-Cost-to-Students Course Materials
Textbook Costs Open Educational Resources Our Program
ALG and Program Description
No-Cost-to-Students Calculus II Pilot at KSU-Marietta
Lake Ritter & Shangrong Deng
each teaching two sections of Calculus II in spring 2015, one with traditionalStewart 7th edition, and one with an open access text combining WhitmanCalculus and APEX Calculus. (Students were informed prior to enrollmentvia the online schedule that two sections would not be using a purchasedtextbook.)
conducting surveys from participating students on (1) general textbook useand attitudes and (2) experience with the open access version.
We will analyze student performance based on common embedded examquestions as well as DFW rates.
[email protected] Kennesaw State University
Teaching Calculus II with No-Cost-to-Students Course Materials
Textbook Costs Open Educational Resources Our Program
ALG and Program Description
No-Cost-to-Students Calculus II Pilot at KSU-Marietta
Lake Ritter & Shangrong Deng
each teaching two sections of Calculus II in spring 2015, one with traditionalStewart 7th edition, and one with an open access text combining WhitmanCalculus and APEX Calculus. (Students were informed prior to enrollmentvia the online schedule that two sections would not be using a purchasedtextbook.)
conducting surveys from participating students on (1) general textbook useand attitudes and (2) experience with the open access version.
We will analyze student performance based on common embedded examquestions as well as DFW rates.
[email protected] Kennesaw State University
Teaching Calculus II with No-Cost-to-Students Course Materials
Textbook Costs Open Educational Resources Our Program
ALG and Program Description
No-Cost-to-Students Textbook Portal
A combined text was created in the form of a single web portal. Due to differences, newchapter markers and titles were used. Our Text Portal
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Teaching Calculus II with No-Cost-to-Students Course Materials
Textbook Costs Open Educational Resources Our Program
ALG and Program Description
No-Cost-to-Students Textbook Portal
All class materials can be accessed by anyone on a page on the campus server.My Class Page
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Teaching Calculus II with No-Cost-to-Students Course Materials
Textbook Costs Open Educational Resources Our Program
ALG and Program Description
No-Cost-to-Students Textbook Portal
Primary homework is provided through WebWork. Additional practice exercises aresuggested with links on my class page. My Class Page
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Teaching Calculus II with No-Cost-to-Students Course Materials
Textbook Costs Open Educational Resources Our Program
Initial Impressions
Initial Impressions
The current program is in process, but we can consider preliminary impressions.
Eleven sections of Calc II were offered; five of these filled to capacity (35)including the four sections in the study.
15 (10.7%) students have dropped with a grade of W (3, 4, 4, 4).
85 participated in an initial survey about textbooks. Among them
38 (45%) would prefer a printed (non-electronic) textbook.25 (29%) have taken a math class without required material. (8 report notbeing able to afford it.)Of those without a text, 15 reported mastering the material without it. (11 ofthose are in the no-cost sections.)
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Teaching Calculus II with No-Cost-to-Students Course Materials
Textbook Costs Open Educational Resources Our Program
Initial Impressions
Initial Impressions
The current program is in process, but we can consider preliminary impressions.
Concept Stewart No-CostDer. of transcendental func. 70.1% 76.6%Int. of transcendental func. 65.0% 87.7%Limits of transcendental func. 70.5% 47.6%
Average score on common exam questions by concept.
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Initial Impressions
Initial Impressions
The current program is in process, but we can consider preliminary impressions.
Concept Stewart No-CostInt. by Parts 87.7% 72.8%Trig. integrals 84.0% 56.1%Trig. substitution 62.9% 61.1%
Average score on common exam questions by concept.
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Initial Impressions
Initial Impressions
The current program is in process, but we can consider preliminary impressions.
Assessment Stewart No-CostExams (avg.) 70% 73%HW or Quiz 77.9% 72.9%
Exam and Quiz/Homework Averages (Ritter’s sections only)
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Initial Impressions
Initial Impressions
The current program is in process, but we can consider preliminary impressions.
The survey results on student experience with our online combinedtext are not yet available. Our initial drop rate and course performanceindicators don’t show any significant difference between students inour traditional text sections and those using only no-cost materials.
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Initial Impressions
Acknowledgements
This project is supported by USG’s Affordable Learning Georgia Initiative ALGTextbook Transformation Grant R1 #7.
We also wish to thank the following parties for providing critical information andresources:
The American Institute of Mathematics
The Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources
Kennesaw State University
Our students
This presentation with embedded links is available on Ritter’s webpagehttp://educate.spsu.edu/lritter/research.htm .
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